The Republicans do not have a leg to stand on with small businesses

[Peacetrain]

If small buisness creates over 70% of all new jobs

http://www.nsba.biz/docs/importance_of_small_business.pdf

By voting against the stimulus package that had those cuts.. and now.. refusing to help with HCR that would give small businesses tax credit to provide insurance for their employees

http://stabenow.senate.gov/press/2009/122409SenatePassesHistoricLegislationtoReformHealthInsurancetoSaveLivesSaveMoneyandSaveJobs.htm

“The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides over $430 billion in tax cuts for small businesses and individuals to help pay for health insurance. These tax cuts will reduce health care costs for small businesses and free up billions of dollars for large employers that can be reinvested in our economy to save 3.5 million jobs.”

What leg do the republicans have to stand on when it comes to protecting small businesses in the US.. the real engine of our economy?

[Ikonoklast]

1. The Republicans HATE small businesses.

They let Big Money from Big Corporations rule whatever legislation they may write.

Take my business, for example, trucking.

The vast majority of truckers in this country are employed by small trucking firms, yet the ATA (American Trucking Assn., that represents only the large trucking companies) calls the shots for ALL truckers in this country, because they have a big bag of money to throw at everyone in Congress on a Transportation committee.


If the ATA had its way, and they have been desperately trying to do this, is use the government to run all their competition out of business for them.

[Peacetrain]

2. I hear that...

The republicans are all about international corporations.. and damn the small American company and employer..

[Think82]

3. They are really corporate fascists, not classic republicans. There is no moderate wing of the repubs

They spend all their time fundraising and reading off Frank Luntz's talking points. They do not legislate. Their bills a written by the highest bidder, which are the biggest corporations.